Tomorrow's Yesterday

Last updated
Tomorrow's Yesterday
Author John Gloag
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, satire
Publisher Allen & Unwin
Publication date
1932

Tomorrow's Yesterday, sometimes formatted as To-morrow's Yesterday, is a science fiction novel by John Gloag published by Allen & Unwin in 1932. [1] A revised version was reprinted in First One and Twenty in 1946. [2]

Plot

Tomorrow's Yesterday depicts a race of cat people from the distant future observing human society, which reverted to barbarism after a destructive war. It was inspired by the work of H. G. Wells and Gloag's friend Olaf Stapledon, [3] as well as Gloag's own experiences serving in the Welsh Guards during World War I. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Tomorrow's Yesterday by John Gloag". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
  2. ↑ "SFE: Gloag, John". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
  3. ↑ Stableford, Brian M. (1995). "The Future Between the Wars: The Speculative Fiction of John Gloag". Algebraic fantasies and realistic romances: more masters of science fiction. The Milford series. Popular writers of today (Second printing ed.). San Bernardino: Borgo Press / Wildside Press. pp. 7–24. ISBN   978-0-89370-283-0.
  4. ↑ "John Gloag in the Great War". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers in the Great War. 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.